There were similar flare guns used during the Civil War. They did not shoot a projectile as modern flare guns do today. A preloaded cartridge containing compounds that would burn in different colors or sequences of colors. The user selected the appropriate cartridge, loaded it into the gun, held it high overhead and pulled the trigger. It was essentially a pyrotechnic version of a flashlight. There are a few Civil War examples here: http://armscollectors.com/mgs/flare_pistols.htm
I've had a cow creamer that has been puking half and half in my wife's coffee for about 20 years. And it was old when I bought it. So the concept is not new, but the execution is wonderful.
Just a couple of problems with messing around with history. First, USS Nimitz attacking the Japanese Navy before the Pearl Harbor attack would have made the US the aggressor in the Pacific War. Score a propaganda victory for the Axis. Second, had Nimitz stayed it would almost certainly been attacked and possibly crippled by IJN submarines. I'm not up to date on modern sonar however, aircraft carriers almost never travel alone. They deploy smaller ships--destroyers, tenders, oilers, supply ships, submarines to provide support and defensive screening. Sub drivers have a special term for Carriers: "targets." Kamikaze attacks probably would not be a threat, because the Japanese did not come up with the plan until October 1944, just before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Third, fuel and ammunition are limited and resources and would not be compatible with 1941 supplies. Jet fuel had not been developed yet and you cannot run an F-14 on 100/130 avgas. Perhaps the .50 cal machine gun ammo would fit, but 20mm & 30mm rounds and sidewinder missiles would be 20-25 years in the future.
Dang it, Miss Cellania! You know how embarrassing it is for a middle aged man to start blubbering like a baby in the middle of the day? After reading this article I had to go to work. Throughout the day, my coworkers kept asking me if something was wrong because I was looking sad. I'd say it was just because I read something about Curly Howard. Then they'd look at me like I had lobsters growing out of my ears.
Solid round shot may have had a line of flight damage path. But those iron balls packed quite a wallop. There are many accounts of battles where men had their feet and/or legs torn off by cannon ball rolling by at a fairly low speed. Solid shot was being phased out during the American Revolution. More effective were cannister rounds. Imagine a shotgun firing a shell 3 1/2 to 41/2 inches wide. instead of being loaded with No 6 birdshot, the shells are filled with lead or iron balls ranging in size from golf balls to racquetballs. Now you want to risk standing in front of one of them? They also had shrapnel shells hollow cannon balls filled with gunpowder and musket balls and fused to explode on target.
BTW Naval cannon was effective against ship hulls because the solid shot from a 32 pounder demi-cannon (these guns weighed 3400 lbs or more) could penetrate three feet of oak at 300 ft. Most shops of the line also included cannon firing 42 pound shot. Also siding naval artillery was the use of chain shot, bar shot and cannister.
Two thousand jars of peanut butter could have fed a hell of a lot of people. Instead, someone spreads it on a floor in a gallery and calls it "art." And its been done before? So what does it mean? Where is the symbolism? What statement was the "artist" trying to make? And this jerk has been making this same "artistic statement" since 1962. And people have stepped in it before. You would have thought after 49 years someone would have realized spreading Skippy on a museum floor was a stupid idea. Wim Schippers is lucky he hasn't been sued for causing a visitor to fall or at least ruining someone's shoes.
I think Hal Roach called it just about right. Out of 176 actors hired and used in the movies, 15 are in this list.(16 counting the dog) That is approximately 9% of the kid actors. "Diffrent strokes" kid actors had a much worse rate: Three actors: Dana Plato, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges. 100% post-show behavior/employment problems; 66% death rate by age 42. My father, who is Robert Blake's age was involved recently in organizing the 60 year class reunion for his high school. Only about 25% are still alive.
Mark34 Not by a long shot! Go to cakewrecks. There are some amazingly gross ones. This one was mild by comparison to the Gastro Intestional nurse cake!
There are a few Civil War examples here: http://armscollectors.com/mgs/flare_pistols.htm
Six-Up sounds too much like a euphemism for regurgitation.
Eight-Up has gluttonous connotations.
First, USS Nimitz attacking the Japanese Navy before the Pearl Harbor attack would have made the US the aggressor in the Pacific War. Score a propaganda victory for the Axis.
Second, had Nimitz stayed it would almost certainly been attacked and possibly crippled by IJN submarines. I'm not up to date on modern sonar however, aircraft carriers almost never travel alone. They deploy smaller ships--destroyers, tenders, oilers, supply ships, submarines to provide support and defensive screening. Sub drivers have a special term for Carriers: "targets."
Kamikaze attacks probably would not be a threat, because the Japanese did not come up with the plan until October 1944, just before the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Third, fuel and ammunition are limited and resources and would not be compatible with 1941 supplies. Jet fuel had not been developed yet and you cannot run an F-14 on 100/130 avgas. Perhaps the .50 cal machine gun ammo would fit, but 20mm & 30mm rounds and sidewinder missiles would be 20-25 years in the future.
You know how embarrassing it is for a middle aged man to start blubbering like a baby in the middle of the day? After reading this article I had to go to work. Throughout the day, my coworkers kept asking me if something was wrong because I was looking sad. I'd say it was just because I read something about Curly Howard. Then they'd look at me like I had lobsters growing out of my ears.
What a story-Thanks for sharing it.
Solid round shot may have had a line of flight damage path. But those iron balls packed quite a wallop. There are many accounts of battles where men had their feet and/or legs torn off by cannon ball rolling by at a fairly low speed.
Solid shot was being phased out during the American Revolution. More effective were cannister rounds. Imagine a shotgun firing a shell 3 1/2 to 41/2 inches wide. instead of being loaded with No 6 birdshot, the shells are filled with lead or iron balls ranging in size from golf balls to racquetballs. Now you want to risk standing in front of one of them?
They also had shrapnel shells hollow cannon balls filled with gunpowder and musket balls and fused to explode on target.
BTW Naval cannon was effective against ship hulls because the solid shot from a 32 pounder demi-cannon (these guns weighed 3400 lbs or more) could penetrate three feet of oak at 300 ft. Most shops of the line also included cannon firing 42 pound shot. Also siding naval artillery was the use of chain shot, bar shot and cannister.
Two thousand jars of peanut butter could have fed a hell of a lot of people.
Instead, someone spreads it on a floor in a gallery and calls it "art." And its been done before?
So what does it mean? Where is the symbolism? What statement was the "artist" trying to make? And this jerk has been making this same "artistic statement" since 1962. And people have stepped in it before.
You would have thought after 49 years someone would have realized spreading Skippy on a museum floor was a stupid idea.
Wim Schippers is lucky he hasn't been sued for causing a visitor to fall or at least ruining someone's shoes.
That alone should convince us that the Bermuda Triangle(tm) is a load of dingos' kidneys!
Did they draw any connections between it and the Face on Mars(tm)?
How many planes and ships have disappeared at sea where there are cows? Does the Bermuda Triangle(tm) extend to Wisconsin? ;)
This whole story seems to have been concocted from something that produces methane.
"Diffrent strokes" kid actors had a much worse rate: Three actors: Dana Plato, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges. 100% post-show behavior/employment problems; 66% death rate by age 42.
My father, who is Robert Blake's age was involved recently in organizing the 60 year class reunion for his high school. Only about 25% are still alive.
Not by a long shot! Go to cakewrecks. There are some amazingly gross ones. This one was mild by comparison to the Gastro Intestional nurse cake!